Twenty-three Hamilton County officials took part in the massive swearing-in ceremony at the Chattanooga Convention Center this morning.
The Rev. Paul McDaniel, himself a former commissioner, gave the invocation.
Retired Maj. Gen. Bill Raines led the crowd in the pledge of allegiance, while the Chattanooga Bach Choir led them in the National Anthem. Rev.
Commissioners, clerks and other officials took oaths to uphold the state and federal Constitution, some of them also taking oaths not to sell their influence to others.
Hamilton County Mayor Claude Ramsey, who was sworn in for a fifth term, served as master of ceremonies.